How common is the surname Press?

3,989 people in the United States had the surname Press in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,399 Americans. It ranked 8,308th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Press?

Christen Press, American soccer player, followed by Frank Press.

Where is the surname Press most common?

Wikidata records people named Press in the United States.

Is the surname Press getting more or less common?

More common. 3,776 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,989 in 2010, up 5.6%.

The surname Press

A surname, carried by 3,989 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex P620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Press is more common than 94.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,989 people named Press in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 77,399 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,776.

#8,308

rank among US surnames

3,989

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+5.6%

change since 2000 (was #8,088)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,299	Hoard	3,992	77,341
#8,304	Vannoy	3,991	77,360
#8,305	Jean-Pierre	3,990	77,380
#8,308	Press	3,989	77,399
#8,312	Steinbach	3,987	77,438
#8,313	Rideout	3,986	77,457
#8,316	Woodhouse	3,985	77,477

Who is named Press

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

86% of people named Press identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Presss

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Christen Press
American soccer player, born 1988
Frank Press
American geophysicist (1924–2020)
William H. Press
Astrophysicist, theoretical physicist, and computational biologist, born 1948

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Press

Press has the Soundex code P620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P620.

Questions

How common is the surname Press?: 3,989 people in the United States had the surname Press in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,399 Americans. It ranked 8,308th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Press?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Press identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Press?: Christen Press, American soccer player, followed by Frank Press.
Where is the surname Press most common?: Wikidata records people named Press in the United States.
Is the surname Press getting more or less common?: More common. 3,776 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,989 in 2010, up 5.6%.